April 2, 1855 John Mercer Langston was elected clerk of the township of Brownhelm, Ohio. He is considered to be the first African-American elected to […]
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This Week in Black History
April 2, 1855 Longtime activist John Mercer Langston, an abolitionist, attorney and diplomat, is elected clerk of an Ohio township, becoming the nation’s first African-American […]